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Trudeau announced that he is moving three ministers in the shuffle. Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay was to become the minister of the veterans affairs and associate minister of national defense. Minister of International Development Marie-Claude Bibeau will take over the agriculture post. Maryam Monsef was named the international development minister while retaining her role as minister for women and gender equality. It is Trudeau's second cabinet shuffle in less than two months. Wilson-Raybould, former attorney general and justice minister was moved to the veterans affairs post on January 14. Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan has been acting minister of veterans affairs since her resignation. Wilson-Raybould told a parliamentary committee on February 27 that she believed she was shuffled out of the Justice Department because she refused to buckle under the pressure from officials in the prime minister's office and other departments, who wanted her to give the … [Read more...] about Canada’s Trudeau shuffles carbinet

The new development was a dramatic turnaround in a probe that the U.S. president derides as a political witch hunt. After months of refusing to assist Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiry into Russian interference and possible coordination between Trump campaign members and Moscow, Manafort finally took a plea deal on Friday and agreed to cooperate in return for reduced charges. Trump had previously praised Manafort in an Aug. 22 Twitter post as “a brave man” for his refusal to cooperate with the inquiry. It is unclear what information Manafort, a longtime Republican political consultant who ran the campaign as it took off in mid-2016, could offer prosecutors but his cooperation might bring Trump, his family and associates under closer scrutiny. The White House distanced Trump from the man who helped get him elected in November 2016 against the odds in a bitterly contested campaign in which he defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton. “This had absolutely nothing … [Read more...] about Trump ex-campaign head Manafort changes mind, cooperates in Russia probe